An article about the threat to some of our country’s greatest achievements by a recent lack of investment in the infrastructure of government. It makes three suggestions for the new Congress: 1) create a new office similar to the disbanded Office of Technology Assessment -perhaps the “Office of Long-Range Analysis,” 2) set in place updates to decisions to be “triggered” later by new information, and 3) find the courage to look into the future and tackle the issues coming at us.